# H B Potash

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2900173
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Potash
- **Location:** Eddy, NM
- **Operator:** H B Potash LLC
- **Controller:** Hugh E  Harvey
- **Public source rows linked:** 559
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hugh E  Harvey (M13503) → H B Potash LLC (0052236) → H B Potash (2900173)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ideal Basic Industries Inc → Potash Company Of America:** 1950-01-01 through 1985-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900173; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas D  Lundberg et al → Lundberg Industries Ltd:** 1986-01-01 through 1988-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900173; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Trans-Resources Inc → Eddy Potash Inc:** 1988-06-28 through 1996-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900173; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mississippi Chemical Corp → Eddy Potash Inc:** 1996-08-16 through 2004-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900173; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hugh E  Harvey et al → H B Potash LLC:** 2004-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900173; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 22 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $6,350 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 57 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 37 inspection events and 356 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 57.4203 — Extinguisher recharging or replacement.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4203
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.4431 — Surface storage restrictions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4431
- **30 CFR 57.4603 — Closure of valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4603
- **30 CFR 57.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4200
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 57.11058 — Check-in, check-out system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11058
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 57.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12008

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2006-07-19 through 2012-06-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-17 through 2013-09-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2008-07-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-08-28 through 2006-08-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 229 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2012-12-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 187 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 22 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2008-07-17; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/h-b-potash-2900173`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/h-b-potash-2900173`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2900173/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2900173/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2900173/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`